You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind.

One of the big concerns I have is that most of the HR departments in a lot of companies are hiring away from creativity and they don't know it. For instance, they are requiring everybody to have a college degree. The most creative people I know couldn't deal with college.

All schools will end up using game metrics in the future.

Atari always was a technology-driven company, and we were very keen on keeping the technological edge on everything. There's a whole bunch of things that we innovated. We made the first computer that did stamps or sprites, we did screen-mapping for the very first time, and a lot of stuff like that. We had some of the most sophisticated sound-creating systems, and were instrumental in MIDI.

I want to fix education in the world. As soon as I work on that, I am going to work on world hunger and then world peace.

The truth is just an excuse for lack of imagination.

I think 'Something Ventured' is a nice piece because it celebrates venture capital in a unique and powerful way.